Stopper valve for fluid containers



April 29, 1947.

C. T. LA MONT .S'IOPPER VALVE FOR FLUID CONTAINERS Filed Nov.- 13, 1944 INVENTOR CHARLES T.LA MONT Patented Apr. 29, 1947 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE 2,419,840 STOPPER VALVE FOR FLUID CONTAINERS Charles '1. La Mont, Milwaukee, Wis.

Application November 13, 1944, Serial No. 563,269

1 Claim. 251-53) 1 2 My invention refers to valve controlled stoptance apart that when the plate is shifted to its pers for fluid containers of any typ and its priextreme position in either direction, one of said mary object is to provide a stopper with a transwalls will engage the corresponding recess wall versely disposed shiftable apertured plate, under whereby the slide movement is limited as best manual control, to open or close the stopper 5 indicated in Figure 4. Hence it will be noted,

whereby fluid may be cut off or on which is dewhen the slide is moved from left to right (Figure sirable when a few drops of fluid is discharged or 4) the aperture 1 thereof is off center from the cut off, stopper, aperture 3 and it will be noted that the My invention is primarily adapted fo use in right hand tongue in said position is flush With fountain combs such as disclosed in my Patent No. the outer periphery of the stopper head.

2,359,427 when heavy oil tonics are discharged When it is desired to open the Va ve or d upon the hair and scalp prior to combing the h rging fl i from th container, the operator same. simply pushes the right hand tongue inwardly,

Another object of my invention is to provide re y h aperture 0f the p e i l be specific fountain comb device associated with a aligned with the aperture 3 of the plug.

stopper wherein the comb is nested into a pocket It should be noted that the cap assembla is or shield at one side of said fountain container. What might be termed streaml e Which is With the above and other minor objects in view, essential, bearing in mind that the container is the invention consists in certain peculiarities of a p c p c and enc ue t the fact that construction or combination of parts as will be there a no p i ns, the device an be ly fully set forth hereinafter with reference to the inserted and withdrawn from the pocket of a r drawing without snarling due to projections.

In th drawings; From the foregoing description, it will be ob- Figure 1 represents a side elevation of a founserved that when the valve plate is in s pe tain comb having fitted thereto a stopper emr f11 ni e position, e operator of the conbodying the features of my invention, parts of tamer by simply y g Said container the comb being partly broken away and in secslightly, cause a predetermined number of drops tion to more clearly illustrate the invention. of t Ointment d upon t Scalp a d air Figure 2, a side elevation of the fountain comb preparatory t ing d combing th some, illustrating the stopper elevation. it being noted that the head of the comb handle is Figure 3, a magnified sectional view of the stopprovided h a plurality f ob C Wh may er, th s tio being indicated by line 3-3 of be conveniently used as a massage instrument. Figure 1. While I have shown and described one simple Figure 4, a plat View of t same t parts exemplification of my invention, it is understood broken away and in section to more clearly ilt I y y Structural feat es within the lustrate structural features and Scope of the claim s ed by e perts- Figure 5, a perspective view of a slide valve plate I claim! element of the stopper, the same being flattened In a container for pocket e, a stopper theret for assemblage, for comprising a threaded apertured plug, an en- Referring by characters to the drawings,Arep- 4o lerged Cap ng P t Of h P s having a resents a hollow handle utilized as a container grooved Channel extending crosswise the eof terfor fluid. B, a comb pivoted to one of the id minating with end recesses, an apertured flat Wan and A a hi m or ja ket t which t slidable plate fitted into the grooved channel havc b i nested when t in use ing companion down-turned tongues encased The h of th container is provid d t a Within the cap end recesses, the sliding movement screw threaded aperture I, adapted to receive a 0f Said p t tongues being confined withi t e t a plug 2 of t stopper which plug is cap recesses, whereby exposed projections from provided with a centrally disposed discharge aperthe cap are eliminatedture 3 and a flared cap 4 overhanging the upper CHARLES LA MONT- end of the plug.

The top face of the cap 4 is provided with a REFERENCES CITED transversely positioned flanged groove 5, ter- The following references are of record in the mllfilgll'l with vzrticallghdisposed recesses 6. file of this patent:

' a y moun ed in e groove is a, valve plate 1 provided with central aperture 1. The ends of Um STATES PATENTS the plate, as best shown in Figure 5, terminating Nu be a Date with tongues 8, which tongues are folded down- 1,524,662 Layman Feb. 3, 1925 wardly into the recesses 6. 1,995,967 Demers Mar. 26, 1935 The inner walls of the tongues are of such dis- 1,871,640 Weaver Aug. 16, 1932 

